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Aluminum Gazebo Kits: Carefree, Durable For Outdoor Living

April 18th, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

Aluminum gazebo kits are an excellent choice for your patio, backyard, garden or poolside shelter. Aluminum is a strong yet lightweight metal that is rust- and weather-resistant. Gazebos are outstanding places for parties and entertainment and aluminum patio gazebos can help you achieve the perfect ambiance for moderate cost. If you’re handy with tools and don’t mind a little DIY, you and a few pals can build an aluminum gazebo from a prefab kit in a weekend.

These aluminum gazebo kits allow you to enjoy years of the carefree maintenance and strength of aluminum in a traditional gazebo shape. They can be ordered with doors, screens and/or glass windows making your metal gazebo the equivalent of a sunroom or Florida room. You’ll enjoy outdoor living free from insects and foul weather year-round.

Check Local Building Requirements Before Ordering Aluminum Gazebo Kits

Before you order your gazebo kit, do some research. If you live in a homeowners’ association (HOA) check with them to know that your intended gazebo will meet their standards. Also check with the local building department to ensure that your aluminum gazebo meets local zoning requirements. You will be responsible for any required building permits. More information on building a gazebo can be found in this post. Note that you will need 2 - 3 people to help erect your aluminum gazebo kit. The aluminum gazebos pictured here are available in kit form and can be installed on new or existing poured concrete patios or decks, providing the existing structure is sound. According to the merchant the units need to be securely fastened down; don’t just set them on the ground or your patio or deck without bolting. The walls are built of 1 3/4″ wide extruded aluminum painted white, sand or brown. Patio gazebo doors include screen and a keyed lock, for security.

If you’re researching metal gazebo kits, you really should check out ones made from aluminum. The aluminum gazebo’s adaptability to a wide range of settings and relatively modest cost makes it easy for you to enjoy its convenience and good looks for years to come. Summer’s almost here. It’s time to update your yard! A backyard aluminum patio gazebo will be a great place to host your get-togethers, stay-at-home vacations and parties for years to come. Click on any picture for more information about these aluminum gazebo kits.

A Gazebo Shaped Sunroom Is a Beautiful Addition to Your Home

March 10th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

One of my big wishes is for a gazebo, or gazebo shaped sunroom as part of my master bedroom layout.  I’d love to have such a hideaway with a deck just off of the bedroom. Now I can’t decide if I want to put a hot tub in it, or just use it for exercise and recreation.  But it would be the most wonderful private retreat (assuming the dear husband doesn’t take it over - hah!)

A gazebo sunroom is simply an enclosed gazebo that may be added as part of your house (similar to a Florida room), or built as a standalone living space. Also known as a solarium or conservatory, these rooms typically have large windows that allow sunlight to stream unimpeded thorough the space, and allow people inside to enjoy outdoor beauty 24/7/365 without the inconvenience of inclement weather or winged pests. Gazebo shaped sunrooms can be used for a family room, a private spa enclosure, a breakfast nook; even a sophisticated kitchen area. (Ah, with pots of fresh herbs and lettuces growing nearby, that kitchen’s an Idea with a capital “I”!) I’m sure you can think of plenty other uses.

Gazebo shaped sunrooms are available in durable aluminum or weather-resistant cedar with screens and/or glass windows.  Do make sure if you live in snow-prone areas that the sunroom roof is rated to hold snow loads.  You wouldn’t want any nasty cave-ins on your utopia…. A gazebo shaped sunroom, if you’ve placed it where others can access it, is sure to become the most favorite room in the house.  I, however, plan to reserve its pleasures all for myself as part of my master bedroom.  No matter your choice, you will never regret adding a gazebo shaped sunroom to your home.

An Enclosed Gazebo Is the Ultimate Four-Season Shelter

January 11th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

An enclosed gazebo is the solution for people who want a four season outdoor room. Most people add gazebos to their homes to extend their living spaces and create unique and beautiful outdoor rooms. But many want to enjoy that beauty year-round, without the inconvenience of freezing rain, snow or biting winds blowing through the space.

A Gazebo By Any Other Name…?

Technically, an enclosed gazebo is not really a gazebo as the open sides associated with the traditional gazebo structure have been eliminated. Some refer to enclosed gazebos as sunrooms, or cabanas. No matter; the fully enclosed gazebo is rapidly becoming a preferred option for those who want to use their gazebos in all weather.

An enclosed gazebo’s uses are infinite because they’re just like another room of your house. You can opt to build it as an attachment to your house, place it on the deck at a short distance from your home; or erect it freestanding in the yard. As it’s walled and private, the fully enclosed gazebo can be used for a spa or hot tub getaway, a pool-changing house, or even a small guesthouse. You can add electricity and plumbing, even a covered porch to make it a completely independent structure from your home. I imagine some house guests may not want to leave if you put them up in such lovely accommodations….

Ideas For Using Your Enclosed Gazebo

Enclosed gazebos are perfect for home offices, game or entertainment rooms, art/hobby studios, exercise/workout rooms, and studies or libraries. Or, like the traditional gazebo, use them to meditate and get away from the world. Whether you build them with walls and shutters for privacy, or floor-to-ceiling windows all round to let the sun in like the aluminum gazebo pictured at right from WillyGoat, an enclosed gazebo is a one-of-a-kind addition to your home. Combined with a pergola or arbor walkway and beautiful plantings it can be a stunning focal point of your yard or garden.

You can buy fine enclosed gazebo kits online that you and a few friends, or your hired contractor, can assemble; or have the enclosed gazebo shipped fully assembled. The folks at WillyGoat carry a nice range of enclosed gazebo kits with either windows or fiberglass screens in cedar and aluminum; click the picture link above right for more information. Yardiac has a lovely 10′ Hexagon All Season Panelized Gazebo Kit including Sliding Windows with Screens in red cedar. Check out the customizable cabanas and custom pool houses at Gazebo Creations; they deliver kits and fully assembled gazebos.  An enclosed gazebo may be the perfect addition to your backyard utopia.

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